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F. D. C. Willard (1968–1982) was the pen name of Chester, a Siamese cat, used on several papers written by his owner, J. H. Hetherington, in physics journals. On one occasion, he was listed as the sole author. Background.
JH Hetherington, FDC Willard. Physical Review Letters 35 (21), 1442, 1975. 101: 1975: Solid helium 3: a nuclear antiferromagnetic element. FDC Willard. Recherche;(France) 11 (114), 1980. 5: 1980: 2-Atom, 3-Atom, and 4-Atom exchange effects in Bcc He-3. JH Hetherington, FDC Willard.
31 sie 2016 · In 1975, Jack Hetherington and F.D.C. Willard published a paper together in Physical Review Letters. The paper is an influential view into atomic behavior and has been cited multiple times, but only one of its authors is human—F.D.C. Willard is a cat, Atlas Obscura writes.
31 sie 2016 · Chester, the son of a cat named Willard, who Hetherington describes as "one of the few unfixed male Siamese cats in Aspen, Colorado", was given the pen name of F.D.C. Willard, which stands for Felis Domesticus Chester Willard.
3 kwi 2023 · Labbies are passionate about nuclear physics, scientific collaboration — and cats. So, in honor of National Siamese Cat Day (April 6), we tip our hat to a kindred spirit from nuclear science’s history: F.D.C. Willard, the first feline of physics scholarship.
10 paź 2016 · Willard’s short but sweet publishing career did have a lasting effect on cat-authored physics papers.
14 lip 2015 · The story of Willard’s foray into the world of low temperature physics began in 1975 when his eventual co-author, Professor Jack H. Hetherington, asked a colleague at Michigan State University to read over a paper he’d written, Two-, Three-, and Four-Atom Exchange Effects in bcc 3 He.
